Term of use
General Terms and Conditions
1.1 These terms & conditions explain how you may access and use this website (the Site), our services, applications and tools.
1.2 References in these terms, to the Site include the following websites: [www.zimbomarket.com] and all associated web pages.
1.3 You should read these terms and conditions carefully before using the Site.
1.4 BY CLICKING ON THE ACCEPTANCE BUTTON REQUIRED TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION AS A VENDOR, OR TO COMPLETE A SALES TRANSACTION (MARKED 'DO YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS?') YOU INDICATE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOUR ACCEPTANCE MEANS THAT YOU AGREE TO AND SHALL COMPLY WITH OUR WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY, ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS. SUCH ACCEPTANCE IS EITHER ON YOUR OWN BEHALF OR ON BEHALF OF ANY CORPORATE ENTITY WHICH EMPLOYS YOU OR WHICH YOU REPRESENT (‘CORPORATE ENTITY’). IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, 'YOU' AND ‘YOUR’ INCLUDES BOTH THE READER AND ANY CORPORATE ENTITY.
1.5 If you have any questions about the Site, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
1.6 Definitions
Content
means any text, image, video, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information or material submitted to or on the Site;
Website privacy policy
means the policy which governs how we process any personal data collected from you;
Website terms and conditions
means the terms and conditions, which will apply to you using the Site as a buyer or seller of goods and services;
We, us or our
means "Zimbo Market" (zimbomarket.com) and references to we, us or our in these Terms and Conditions or in any policy referenced in these Terms and Conditions, also refers to Zimbo Market (zimbomarket.com);
You or your
means the person (natural person or if accessed on behalf of a juristic person the juristic person) accessing or using the Site or its Content.
1.7 Your use of the Site means that you must also comply with our Privacy policy, Acceptable Use Policy and our Terms and Conditions.
2. Using the Site
2.1 zimbomarket.com is a marketplace that allows users to offer, sell and buy goods and services. The actual contract for sale is directly between the sellers and buyers.
2.2 The information on this Site is provided on an "as is" basis. Sellers advertise their products and/or services at their own discretion and are responsible for products and/or services rendered. Zimbomarket.com will not be held liable for products and/or services rendered from the listed sellers. Zimbomarket.com will not be held liable for any inaccuracies or omissions on this website. Zimbomarket.com does not own any of the content (information/images/videos) posted here unless stated otherwise.
2.3 You agree that you are solely responsible for:
2.3.1 all costs and expenses you may incur in relation to your use of the Site; and
2.3.2 keeping your password and other account details confidential
2.4 We seek to make the Site as accessible as possible. If you have any difficulties using the Site, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2.5 We may prevent or suspend your access to the Site if you do not comply with any part of the Site's terms and conditions, any terms or policies to which they refer or any applicable law.
3. Ownership, use and intellectual property rights
3.1 This Site and all intellectual property rights in it, including copyright, trade marks, domain names, design rights, database rights and all other intellectual property rights of any kind whether or not they are registered or unregistered (anywhere in the world) is the property of Zimbo Market and www.zimbomarket.com.
3.2 Nothing in these terms and conditions grants you any legal rights in the Site other than as necessary to enable you to access the Site. You agree not to adjust to try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on the Site (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within the Site.
3.3 Trademarks: "Zimbo Market" "zimbomarket.com" Logos, symbols and any other similar variations are our trademarks. The use of any of these trademarks on the Site is strictly prohibited unless you have our prior written permission.
4. Submitting information to the Site
4.1 Whilst we try to make sure that the Site is secure, we cannot guarantee the security of any content and information that you supply to us and therefore we cannot guarantee that it will be kept confidential. This is because the Site is available for public use as such you should not publish any patentable ideas or patent applications, advertising or marketing suggestions, prototypes, or any other information that you regard as confidential, commercially sensitive or valuable.
4.2 We may use any content on the Site as we see reasonably fit on a free-of-charge basis, particularly for promoting and marketing the Site.
4.3 By submitting content and information to the Site you undertake that this information and content belongs to you or the entity you represent and does not infringe any copyrights or ownership rights, as such you or the entity you represent will be held liable for any copyright or ownership infringements and/or disputes that may arising from content you published on the Site.
5. Accuracy of information and availability of the Site
5.1 While we try to make sure that the Site is accurate, up-to-date and free from bugs, we cannot guarantee that it will be. Furthermore, we cannot guarantee that the Site will be fit or suitable for any purpose. Any reliance that you may place on the information on this Site is at your own risk.
5.2 We may suspend or terminate operation of the Site at any time as we see fit.
5.3 Any Content is provided for your general information purposes only and to inform you about us and our products and news, features, services and other websites that may be of interest. It does not constitute technical, financial or legal advice or any other type of advice and should not be relied on for any purposes.
5.4 While we try to make sure that the Site is available for your use, we do not guarantee that the Site is available at all times nor do we guarantee the uninterrupted use by you of the Site.
6. Hyperlinks and third party sites
6.1 The Site may contain hyperlinks or references to third party websites other than the Site. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third party websites and accept no legal responsibility for any content, material or information contained in them. The display of any hyperlink and reference to any third party website does not mean that we endorse that third party's website, products or services. Your use of a third party site may be governed by the terms and conditions of that third party site.
7. Limitation on our liability
7.1 You agree that you are making use of our Services at your own risk, and that they are being provided to you on an "AS IS", and "AS AVAILABLE", basis.
7.2 The contract for sale shall be personal between the Seller (the person offering and/or selling goods using the Site) and the Buyer (the person ordering goods using the Site) and We shall not be responsible for nor have any liability in terms of any dealings between the Seller and the Buyer. For the avoidance of doubt We shall not be responsible for nor be liable with regards to the delivery of or the payment for the goods or with regards to the safety or quality of the goods supplied.
8. Events beyond our control
8.1 We shall have no liability to you for any breach of these terms caused by any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control including, without limitation, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes; breakdown of systems or network access; or flood, fire, explosion or accident.
9. Rights of third parties
9.1 No one other than a party to these terms and conditions has any right to enforce any of these terms and conditions.
10. Variation
10.1 These terms are dated 10 August 2020. No changes to these terms are valid or have any effect unless agreed by us in writing. We reserve the right to vary these terms and conditions from time to time. Our new terms will be displayed on the Site and by continuing to use and access the Site following such changes, you agree to be bound by any variation made by us. It is your responsibility to check these terms and conditions from time to time to verify such variations.
11. Disputes
11.1 We will try to resolve any disputes quickly and efficiently. If you are unhappy with the way we deal with any dispute and you want to take court proceedings, the relevant courts of the Republic of Zimbabwe will have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to the Terms and Conditions. Relevant Zimbabwean law will apply to these Terms and Conditions.
Acceptable Use Policy
1. Introduction
1.1 Together with our General website Terms and Conditions of use, this acceptable use policy governs how you may access and use the Site.
1.2 Definitions:
Site
includes the following website(s): www.zimbomarket.com, and all associated web pages.
Submission or submissions
means any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information or material submitted by you or other users to the Site;
We, us or our
means "Zimbo Market" (zimbomarket.com);
You or your
means the person accessing or using the Site or its Content.
2. Restrictions on use
2.1 As a condition of your use of the Site, you agree:
2.1.1 not to use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable law or prohibited by this policy or our General website terms and conditions of use;
2.1.2 not to use the Site to commit any act of fraud;
2.1.3 not to use the Site to distribute viruses or malware or other similar harmful software code;
2.1.4 not to use the Site for purposes of promoting unsolicited advertising or sending spam;
2.1.5 not to use the Site to simulate communications from us or another service or entity in order to collect identity information, authentication credentials, or other information (‘phishing’);
2.1.6 not to use the Site in any manner that disrupts the operation of our Site or business or the website or business of any other entity;
2.1.7 not to use the Site in any manner that harms minors;
2.1.8 not to promote any unlawful activity;
2.1.9 not to represent or suggest that we endorse any other business, product or service unless we have separately agreed to do so in writing;
2.1.10 not to use the Site to gain unauthorised access to or use of computers, data, systems, accounts or networks;
2.1.11 not to attempt to circumvent password or user authentication methods; and
2.1.12 to comply with the provisions relating to our Intellectual Property Rights and Software contained in our General website terms and conditions of use.
3. Interactive services
3.1 We may make chat tools or other communication services (‘Interactive Services’) available on the Site.
3.2 We are not obliged to monitor or moderate Submissions to Interactive Services. Where we do monitor or moderate Submissions we shall indicate how this is performed and who should be contacted in relation to any Submission of concern to you.
3.3 We may remove or edit any Submissions to any of our Interactive Services whether they are moderated or not.
3.4 Any Submission you make must comply with our Submission standards set out below.
4. Submission standards
4.1 Any Submission or communication to users of our Site must conform to standards of accuracy, decency and lawfulness, which shall be applied in our absolute discretion. In particular, you warrant that any Submission or communication is:
4.1.1 your own original work and lawfully submitted;
4.1.2 factually accurate or your own genuinely held belief;
4.1.3 provided with the necessary consent of any third party;
4.1.4 not defamatory or likely to give rise to an allegation of defamation;
4.1.5 not offensive, obscene, sexually explicit, discriminatory or deceptive; and
4.1.6 unlikely to cause offence, embarrassment or annoyance to others.
5. Using the Zimbo Market name and logo
5.1 You may not use our trade marks, logos or trade names except with explicit prior approval by us.
6. Breach
6.1 We shall apply the terms of this policy in our absolute discretion. In the event of your breach of these terms we may terminate or suspend your use of the Site, remove or edit Submissions, disclose Submissions to law enforcement authorities or take any action we consider necessary to remedy the breach.
7. Disputes
7.1 We will try to resolve any disputes quickly and efficiently. If you are unhappy with the way we deal with any dispute and you want to take court proceedings, the relevant courts of the Zimbabwe will have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to the Terms. Relevant Zimbabwe law will apply to these Terms.